Site of Lixia Festival Uprising

Site of Lixia Festival Uprising

Lixia Festival uprising site, located in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, is a cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province.

Historical evolution

In the spring of 1929, there were more than 300 party members in Shangnan area, and agricultural associations were generally established. On February 3, the East Hubei special committee and the South Henan special committee held a joint meeting in chaishanpu to further study the plan of Shangnan uprising. The frequent revolutionary activities aroused the vigilance of the reactionary authorities of the Kuomintang. Soon after, the Party branch of Guanwang temple was destroyed and its secretary was arrested. According to this situation, the county Party committee held emergency action meetings at Xiao's ancestral temple and CHUANSHI temple from May 2 to 4 to revise the uprising plan and decided to change the Mid Autumn Festival uprising into the Lixia Festival uprising. On May 6, when the regiment chief went out for the summer festival (March 27 of the lunar calendar), Zhou Weijiong, as the monitor of duty star, took the word "the internal affairs of the festival should be neat" as the word, and hung the guns and bullets on the dormitory wall to facilitate control. When they were in the spotlight, the regiments ate and drank excessively, and the Communists drank in turn, quickly intoxicating the reactionary and cunning vice captains and unreliable regiments. Comrades put guns under control and declared an uprising. At the same time, Nanxi, Baishahe, banzhuyuan, lijiaji, wujiadian, Nanliuhe, tangjiahui and other local people's groups and peasants' riots also succeeded, capturing Yang Jinjie, the general manager of the reactionary group, Luo Weichu and Zhou ruofe. The revolutionary uprising forces soon took control of the whole Shangnan area to the east of songziguan, Changlingguan, Fushan and huaqishan.

The news of the uprising spread and the people were jubilant. On May 7, people gathered all over the country to celebrate the victory of the uprising. On May 9, the uprising troops met in banzhuyuan, immediately held a mass meeting, executed Luo Weichu, a gentry, and Zhou ruofe, a reactionary, and announced the establishment of the 32nd division of the 11th army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. Zhou Weijiong served as the division commander. The Division headquarters had 97 and 98 regiments and a spy battalion. There are more than 200 soldiers.

Cultural relic value

The Lixia Festival uprising, which shocked the people at home, fired the first shot at the Kuomintang reactionaries in the central area of Dabie Mountains, and made great contributions to opening up the revolutionary base in Western Anhui, developing and strengthening the Red Army of Chinese workers and peasants, and the cause of Chinese people's liberation.

Address: Liji village, Nanxi Town, Jinzhai County, Anhui Province

Longitude: 115.6297124495

Latitude: 31.512356718354

Chinese PinYin : Li Xia Jie Qi Yi Jiu Zhi